Researchers at the Universities of Bayreuth and Linköping have produced two surprising compounds of nitrogen and the rare earth metal yttrium under very high pressure. The new polynitrides contain ...

In agricultural production, 'nitrogen (N)' is the most fundamental fertilizer component that directly influences crop growth, ...

In a groundbreaking study now published in the journal Nature Communications, the mysteries of nitrogen's solid phases have been solved, shedding light on its complex behavior. The research, led by ...

Nitrogen is one of the primary nutrients critical for the survival of all living organisms. Although nitrogen is very abundant in the atmosphere, it is largely inaccessible in this form to most ...

In a world where oxygen destroyed life, what was the first life?Was life really centered on carbon from the very beginning?Is ...

Chemists have determined the structure of the complex that forms when N2 binds to an iron-sulfur cluster, offering clues as to how microbes use nitrogenase enzymes to convert atmospheric dinitrogen ...

This schematic illustration shows how introducing different types of atomic-scale defects into carbon quantum dots (CQDs) can tune their optical behavior across a wide wavelength range. Vacancy ...

Soil salinization has long been recognized as one of the most stubborn threats to global agriculture, but a new analysis in Nature Food argues that the true price of salt in the world’s soils e ...

Researchers have produced two surprising compounds of nitrogen and the rare earth metal yttrium under very high pressure. The new polynitrides contain ring- and spiral-shaped crystal structures of ...